Denali
@denali.bsky.social
Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
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Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Re-upping the theory here.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Re-upping the theory here.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
Rollins is formerly the head of the America First Policy Institute who claims to be "bringing real change to people in a real Matthew 25 sense."
She is interested in using the powers of government to harm vulnerable people and promote her personal views.
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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I'd have to think harder about movies but fun fact (!) the suburban parts of Mad Men are set a few miles from my childhood home.
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'd have to think harder about movies but fun fact (!) the suburban parts of Mad Men are set a few miles from my childhood home.
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The countless hours I’ve spent at the piano the past 15 years have been rewarding in part because they’re a commitment to something I will never be that good at, but at which I -do- get better. There’s satisfaction in a commitment that’s an end in itself, not in service of an ultimate goal.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The countless hours I’ve spent at the piano the past 15 years have been rewarding in part because they’re a commitment to something I will never be that good at, but at which I -do- get better. There’s satisfaction in a commitment that’s an end in itself, not in service of an ultimate goal.
If you're dreading a holiday w/ family, why not play "The First Stop is Always Istanbul" a game where the goal is to drop as many Eric Adams quotes as you can in casusl conversation with your loved ones.
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you're dreading a holiday w/ family, why not play "The First Stop is Always Istanbul" a game where the goal is to drop as many Eric Adams quotes as you can in casusl conversation with your loved ones.
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
If you love turkey like Eric Adams loves Turkey, pull up a seat at the table of success...
I love the Skokie Parks program guides because they are full of things that mean people think the government shouldn't do but actually everyone loves.
Winter guide just dropped
Winter guide just dropped
Winter Program Guide 2026 | Skokie Park District
www.skokieparks.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I love the Skokie Parks program guides because they are full of things that mean people think the government shouldn't do but actually everyone loves.
Winter guide just dropped
Winter guide just dropped
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 2nd!
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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Now: the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and other immigrant rights groups are holding a presser re: the 7th Circuit appellate court's ruling yesterday, which stayed the release of potentially hundreds of immigration detainees eligible for release per a prior court settlement.
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Now: the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and other immigrant rights groups are holding a presser re: the 7th Circuit appellate court's ruling yesterday, which stayed the release of potentially hundreds of immigration detainees eligible for release per a prior court settlement.
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"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
BREAKING: Chicago police officers will be allowed to file felony gun charges without first getting approval from a prosecutor throughout the city, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced Friday. @wttw.bsky.social
Program Allowing CPD Officers to Directly File Felony Gun Charges to Expand Citywide, Top Prosecutor Announces
The Felony Review Bypass Pilot Program was “an unqualified success,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said.
news.wttw.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The program has the support of Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling."
Outrageous.
All three of them.
Outrageous.
All three of them.
The Illinois school code includes teaching LGBTQ+ history. It's a good thing. It's also the kind of thing that astroturfed ideologically motivated parent groups use for disinformation and to create wedge issues in schools.
Some parents I know are talking about how to get in front of that
Some parents I know are talking about how to get in front of that
www.isbe.net
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Illinois school code includes teaching LGBTQ+ history. It's a good thing. It's also the kind of thing that astroturfed ideologically motivated parent groups use for disinformation and to create wedge issues in schools.
Some parents I know are talking about how to get in front of that
Some parents I know are talking about how to get in front of that
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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
University of Alabama freshman draws state's court-ordered Senate map | Alabama Reflector
TUSCALOOSA — Daniel DiDonato says he’s been passionate about elections since he was a young child. He submitted six maps to a federal court.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
I didn't grow up in IL but I did grow up in a part of New York where the housing and local government were heavily influenced by the desire to avoid or evade affordable housing regulations.
Im super excited to read this report!
Im super excited to read this report!
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I didn't grow up in IL but I did grow up in a part of New York where the housing and local government were heavily influenced by the desire to avoid or evade affordable housing regulations.
Im super excited to read this report!
Im super excited to read this report!
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It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s here:
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Less than a quarter of the 44 highest cost town in IL submitted a compliant affordable housing plan by the legal deadline this year.
impactforequity.org/report/many-...
Fun fact: The Manhattan Institute already has its own publication where you can read NYT farm team content about the NSF funding leftwing science, AI's promise for municipal public finance and of course the nefarious geopolitics of Ms Rachel.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Fun fact: The Manhattan Institute already has its own publication where you can read NYT farm team content about the NSF funding leftwing science, AI's promise for municipal public finance and of course the nefarious geopolitics of Ms Rachel.
Our Erin's Law curriculum parent information and opt out letters went out today and we talked about it tonight at a school meeting.
Prevention-oriented child sexual abuse programming feels especially important now during a national conversation about abuse and exploitation of young people.
Prevention-oriented child sexual abuse programming feels especially important now during a national conversation about abuse and exploitation of young people.
Home - Erin's Law
Erin Merryn is lobbying every state to pass Erin’s Law, which requires all public schools implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program.
www.erinslaw.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Our Erin's Law curriculum parent information and opt out letters went out today and we talked about it tonight at a school meeting.
Prevention-oriented child sexual abuse programming feels especially important now during a national conversation about abuse and exploitation of young people.
Prevention-oriented child sexual abuse programming feels especially important now during a national conversation about abuse and exploitation of young people.
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CUNY is hiring a University Librarian. Amazing opportunity.
Academic library leaders, come join us at CUNY! Application review begins 12/10. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
CUNY is hiring a University Librarian. Amazing opportunity.
Happening this weekend!
Saturday 11/22/25
4pm-8pm
Movement on Montrose
2951 West Montrose AvenueChicago, IL, 60618
Saturday 11/22/25
4pm-8pm
Movement on Montrose
2951 West Montrose AvenueChicago, IL, 60618
Solidarity Market and Skill Share — Women Unite!
In the face of this moment, where corporate monopolies and capitalist consumerism drain our neighborhoods of wealth, culture, and power, we want this Solidarity Market and Skill Share to serve as both...
www.womenunitechicago.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happening this weekend!
Saturday 11/22/25
4pm-8pm
Movement on Montrose
2951 West Montrose AvenueChicago, IL, 60618
Saturday 11/22/25
4pm-8pm
Movement on Montrose
2951 West Montrose AvenueChicago, IL, 60618
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After a federal judge ruled that hundreds of people abducted by ICE in northern Illinois are eligible to be released on bond or Alternatives to Detention. We expect this number to keep growing.
This bond is the only thing keeping these folks from freedom.
DONATE NOW
bit.ly/MidwayToFreedom
This bond is the only thing keeping these folks from freedom.
DONATE NOW
bit.ly/MidwayToFreedom
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
After a federal judge ruled that hundreds of people abducted by ICE in northern Illinois are eligible to be released on bond or Alternatives to Detention. We expect this number to keep growing.
This bond is the only thing keeping these folks from freedom.
DONATE NOW
bit.ly/MidwayToFreedom
This bond is the only thing keeping these folks from freedom.
DONATE NOW
bit.ly/MidwayToFreedom
If you read Project 2025 you'll see that this crew's definition of waste and fraud includes benefits to people who qualify for them but who, in their eyes, don't deserve them. It's helpful to keep that in mind when you see the "waste & fraud" language.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the department will "completely deconstruct" SNAP in an effort to "remove fraud and corruption" from the program.
Pure lies and just cover to inflict as much cruelty as they can on as many people as they can.
Targeting is weak. We need universal basic income.
Pure lies and just cover to inflict as much cruelty as they can on as many people as they can.
Targeting is weak. We need universal basic income.
SNAP benefits update: USDA to "completely deconstruct" program
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the department will "completely deconstruct" SNAP to combat fraud.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you read Project 2025 you'll see that this crew's definition of waste and fraud includes benefits to people who qualify for them but who, in their eyes, don't deserve them. It's helpful to keep that in mind when you see the "waste & fraud" language.
"And then they all got off on the third floor and I turned to the woman and said, “They’re anti-vaxxers.”
She laughed and thanked me and said she’d been confused.
Words matter."
She laughed and thanked me and said she’d been confused.
Words matter."
I wrote about the anti-vax conference that was taking place at my hotel during the Texas Book Festival. lithub.com/amid-the-mah...
Amid the MAHA Anti-Vaxxers at the Texas Book Festival
When I walked into the hotel lobby the first person I saw was a woman with enormous lips wearing a T-shirt that said BAN ASSAULT VACCINES. Wow, Austin really has changed, I thought. I used to come …
lithub.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"And then they all got off on the third floor and I turned to the woman and said, “They’re anti-vaxxers.”
She laughed and thanked me and said she’d been confused.
Words matter."
She laughed and thanked me and said she’d been confused.
Words matter."
Chicago, I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them, and stick your head out and yell
It's my money and I need it now
It's my money and I need it now
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Chicago, I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them, and stick your head out and yell
It's my money and I need it now
It's my money and I need it now
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And almost nobody has "cancer money” of the type you need when it’s really serious
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And almost nobody has "cancer money” of the type you need when it’s really serious
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
I'm writing a really technical document today so of course I need a structured distraction.
May I present my Brief & Speculative theory of Federal Agency Leadership (2025)...
May I present my Brief & Speculative theory of Federal Agency Leadership (2025)...
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm writing a really technical document today so of course I need a structured distraction.
May I present my Brief & Speculative theory of Federal Agency Leadership (2025)...
May I present my Brief & Speculative theory of Federal Agency Leadership (2025)...